Thursday, 7 July 2016

New Tarantula species named after Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Tarantula (a big hairy spider), has named  as Kankuamo Marquezi after colombian novelist and 1982 Nobel Prize in literature winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A group of Uruguayan and Colombian scientists, led by Carlos Perefan from the University of the Republic of Uruguay and the study's lead author, found the species in the upper area of a mountain, 2,200 meters high, in a rainy, cold environment.

About Gabriel Garcia Marquez:
  • Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca near Colombia's northern coast 
  • He wrote 'One hundred years of Solitude'
  • He died at 87 year of age in Mexico


    Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:
    1. Tarantula (a big hairy spider), has named after which novelist: a)Svetlana Alexievich b)Alice Munro c)Kankuamo Marquezi d)William Goldling

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